Definition of equity: Providing All Students with Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcome
economic equity
Savage inequalities, Chicago
Different student groups
Intro to American education 102H
how can schools be equitable for all?
Thesis: Inequities within the school system are perpetuated by funding inequities. As we have seen throughout Savage inequalities, our own district research and experience. Communities with more money, have more successful students, better funded schools in better districts are more successful at educating students and producing high achievers.
"they are a primary mechanisms through which a democratic society gives its citizens the opportunity to attain literacy and social mobility. Opportunity leaves much to the individual; it is not a guarantee of certain success the schools cannot solve all our social problems, nor are they perfect. But in a democratic society, they are necessary and valuable for individuals and the commonweal." (Ravitch 6)
Definition of equity: Providing All Students with Equal Opportunity, Not Equal Outcome
economic equity
Savage inequalities, Chicago
Different student groups
Intro to American education 102H
how can schools be equitable for all?
Thesis: Inequities within the school system are perpetuated by funding inequities. As we have seen throughout Savage inequalities, our own district research and experience. Communities with more money, have more successful students, better funded schools in better districts are more successful at educating students and producing high achievers.
"they are a primary mechanisms through which a democratic society gives its citizens the opportunity to attain literacy and social mobility. Opportunity leaves much to the individual; it is not a guarantee of certain success the schools cannot solve all our social problems, nor are they perfect. But in a democratic society, they are necessary and valuable for individuals and the commonweal." (Ravitch 6)